Chicago Bears: Mike Glennon will start season no matter what

Despite the good play by Mitchell Trubisky, the Chicago Bears make sure to shut down any semblance of a quarterback battle.

The Chicago Bears made waves when, after signing Mike Glennon to be the starting quarterback, they drafted Mitchell Trubisky with the second pick of the 2017 NFL Draft. They even moved up and traded very valuable picks in the process.

Since the moment the Bears drafted Trubisky, everyone in the organization, including the players, toed the line and said Glennon is the starter. There is no competition, they say.

Playing preseason games now, Trubisky continues to impress. After two games, he completed 72.7 percent of his passes (24-of-33) and two touchdowns. He has a 111.4 passer rating. Glennon, on the other hand, hasn’t looked as well. He completed 57.7 percent of his passes (15-of-26), one touchdown and 2 interceptions. He has a 48.4 passer rating.

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Many want to see a true quarterback battle in camp. Yes, Trubisky plays with the third team. As well as he played, though, he deserves a shot with the twos or even the starters to get a better handle on where he is in his progression.

Nope — the Bears don’t want that.

No matter how well Trubisky plays, the Bears are going with Glennon as the season starter. They will ignore all the signs, and even try to stack the odds against the rookie.

In his first outing, against the Denver Broncos, Trubisky had some help from players who will actually play during the season. He got in on 20 plays against the Arizona Cardinals. Of those, nine of them went to Josh Rounds. Who is Josh Rounds, you say? He’s someone you won’t have to know about in a couple of weeks.

Rounds gained a total of 18 yards, 17 of them on one play. The Cardinals blitzed and harassed Trubisky, They got to him twice, but one of the sacks didn’t count because of a face mask penalty. That personal foul was one of two against the Cardinals on Trubisky. He showed poise in the pocket, completing six of his eight passes. The shots he took didn’t affect how he played (per the Chicago Tribune):

"“I took a couple shots there, but that’s football and you are just going to have to keep working and keep playing. I feel like once I get that first hit, I’m really settled down and I’m in there and ready to go, and that’s how it was tonight. After that, we moved the ball down the field and got going a little bit.”"

Glennon, however, looked slow. He hasn’t been sacked yet, but he hasn’t handled pressure very well. In the first game, he threw an ill-advised pass that went for a pick-six. In the second game, he threw an ill-advised pass on the Cardinals 5-yard line. Arizona converted the turnover into a touchdown. A red-zone interception? Where have we seen that before?